4.0

And strange they were indeed. Assuming from the title that the Fremont Jones series was a mystery series I plowed on to find an interesting independent woman of the early 1900's determined to make a living for herself and stumbling somewhat into various mysteries.

Leaving her family home in Boston, Fremont Jones (Formerly Caroline Jones) begins a typing service oh the west coast in San Francisco and almost immediately finds herself in too deep when presented with a manuscript from mysterious author Edgar Allen Perreigne. Written in the style of Edgar Allen Poe, Fremont begins typing up the chilling stories which seem to be based from true life tales.

With suitors in the form of Justin, the young lawyer and Michael Archer, a young retired man sharing the same home Fremont quickly embraces her new life. Having not read any stories set in American during this time I was frustrated wanting women's liberations, more freedom for the chinese, but I suppose that's how you're supposed to feel.

My only complaint is how thinly layered the characters seeming at times, we know Justin is a chauvinistic male of his time but I would have thought Fremont was intelligent enough to see through it all. I'd be interested to see where this series goes as it seems over 5 have been released in the series thus far.